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Holly Maples

High Impact

Professor

Also affiliated: Augsburg University (2003); Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (2020); Arkansas Children's Hospital (2003–2025); Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2024); Wayne State University (2020); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2025); Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (2020); Committee on Publication Ethics (2024)

Faculty Researcher

Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy

19 h-index 54 pubs 2,902 cited

  • Humans
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Child
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Vancomycin
  • United States
  • Pediatrics
  • Infant
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Area Under Curve
  • Adolescent
  • Child, Preschool

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Holly Maples is a Professor in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy. Her research focuses on antimicrobial stewardship, particularly in pediatric populations. She has published extensively on the appropriate use of antibiotics, including policy statements and multicenter collaborative studies on outpatient pediatric prescribing. Her work also investigates specific pathogens and treatment strategies, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and the use of vancomycin alternatives in children. Maples has also explored antimicrobial use in specific patient groups, including those with cystic fibrosis. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 19, with 54 total publications and over 2,800 citations. She is recognized as a high-impact researcher and collaborates with several colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 19
  • Publications: 54
  • Citations: 2,902

Selected Publications

  • Evaluation and treatment of infective endocarditis in children and adolescents with underlying CHD: a Paediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative Clinical Practice Guideline (2025)
    Cardiology in the Young DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluating the Impact of Handshake Rounds on Antibiotic Prescribing in Children Diagnosed With Community Acquired Pneumonia (2025)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Measurement of Practice-Level Antibiotic Utilization in a Medicaid Patient-Centered Medical Home Program (2025)
    The Annals of Family Medicine 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Identifying Disparities in Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing for Urinary Tract Infections (2024)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluating the Impact of Order Set Implementation in Prescribing Practices for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections Between a Non-academic and an Academic Children’s Hospital in the Inpatient General Pediatric Population (2024)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Impact of a UTI Pathway Bundle on Antibiotic Prescribing for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections Through the Lens of Health Equity in Two Emergency Departments within a Children’s Hospital System (2024)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Assessment of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Usage Following Initiation of Handshake Stewardship in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative (2024)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Feasibility and Prevalence of Early Antibiotic De-Escalation in Patients with Viral Encephalitis (2024)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • 1710. <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> Bundle Implementation Reduces Unnecessary Testing in Pediatric Patients (2023)
    Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex
  • Time for a Change: Considering Vancomycin Alternatives for Pediatric Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Bacteremia (2023)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • 933. Antibiotic Prescribing Changes in Adults During COVID-19 in Outpatient Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) in Arkansas (2022)
    Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship in Cystic Fibrosis (2022)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Lactococcus Species Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Pediatrics: A Case Series (2022)
    Frontiers in Medicine 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • 1146. <i>Lactococcus</i> species Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in Pediatrics: A Case Series (2021)
    Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex
  • 1124. Evaluation of the Use and Impact of the BioFire FilmArray® Respiratory Panel on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pedidatric Respiratory Infections: A Quality Improvement Project (2021)
    Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex

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